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Germany: Lindner puts price of 49-euro ticket up for debate
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https://www.dw.com/en/germany-lindner-puts-price-of-49-euro-ticket-up-for-debate/a-69512656
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Tens of billions of euros will be needed to modernize Germany’s rail network in the coming years, prompting Finance Minister Christian Lindner to reignite the debate about raising the price of the Deutschlandticket.
“At some point, politicians will have to decide whether we want to invest more in the railways or whether the price should remain at €49 (roughly $52.50),” the leader of the liberal FDP told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
The reliability of the German railways has come into sharp international focuse further during the Euro 2024 football tournament, with many fans arriving late or missing matches because of delayed trains.
Recently, Transport Minister Volker Wissing has also announced plans to cut the rail budget by €1 billion in favor of the company overseeing the autobahn or highway network.
Coalition debates over next year’s budget are currently faltering and unresolved, Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently said to expect further word in July, before parliament’s summer break.
Scholz’s Social Democrats are contradicting their liberal coalition partner, a senior member Detlef Müller told dpa the Deutschlandticket was an “absolute success project.”
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